Paul Mantee
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1931-01-09
Day of Death
2013-11-07 (82 years old)
Place of Birth
San Francisco, California, USA
Paul Mantee
Biography
Mantee was born Paul Marianetti in San Francisco, California. A journalism major at San Mateo Junior College, Mantee enlisted in the U.S. Navy for four years during the Korean War that made him decide on acting as a career. He graduated from the University of California, Berkeley.
His stage name was changed from an Italian-sounding name to the name of Humphrey Bogart's character in The Petrified Forest. He made a great number of guest appearances in well-known television shows and starred in a handful of films, including a cult classic, Robinson Crusoe on Mars. A restored version of the film was released in 2007 by The Criterion Collection. Mantee authored two novels, In Search of the Perfect Ravioli (Ballantine Books, 1991) and a semi-autobiographical Bruno of Hollywood (Ballantine Books, 1994).
Mantee, a longtime Malibu resident, died November 7, 2013 at a rehabilitation center in Canoga Park, California. He was survived by his wife, Suzy Davis Mantee.
Known For
Acting
(2021)
(1999)
Memorial Day
as General Willard
(1995)
Apollo 13
as Reporter
(1994)
Lurking Fear
as Father Poole
(1994)
Cagney & Lacey: The Return
as Corassa
(1993)
Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story
as Doctor
(1992)
Illusions
as Professor McRoe
(1985)
Promises to Keep
as Mike
(1985)
(1981)
Death Ray 2000
as James DiGiorgio
(1980)
Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story
as Ordway
(1980)
Wolf Lake
as Sweeney
(1980)
Fugitive Family
as Walther
(1979)
The Great Santini
as Col. Virgil Hedgepath
(1979)
When Hell Was in Session
as Capt. Brown
(1978)
The Manitou
as Dr. McEvoy
(1977)
Day of the Animals
as Roy Moore
(1977)
The Greatest
as Carrara
(1977)
Man From Atlantis: The Disappearances
as FBI Agent Fuller
(1976)
Helter Skelter
as Sgt. O'Neal
(1976)
W.C. Fields and Me
as Edward
(1975)
Breakout
as Cable
(1975)
Framed
as Frank
(1974)
(1974)
Big Rose
as Troy
(1974)
In Tandem
as Man in Windbreaker
(1973)
Cry Rape
as Jim Hadley
(1973)
Call to Danger
as Adams
(1973)
That Man Bolt
as Mickey
(1969)
They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
as Jiggs
(1968)
A Man Called Dagger
as Dick Dagger
(1966)
An American Dream
as Shago Martin
(1964)
Robinson Crusoe on Mars
as Commander Christopher Draper
(1964)
Blood on the Arrow
as Segura